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Bulk superconductivity and disorder in single crystals of LaFePO

Superconductivity 2008-11-07 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We have studied the intrinsic normal and superconducting properties of the oxypnictide LaFePO. These samples exhibit bulk superconductivity and the evidence suggests that stoichiometric LaFePO is indeed superconducting, in contrast to other reports. We find that superconductivity is independent of the interplane residual resistivity ρ0\rho_0 and discuss the implications of this on the nature of the superconducting order parameter. Finally we find that, unlike TcT_c, other properties in single-crystal LaFePO including the resistivity and magnetoresistance, can be very sensitive to disorder.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5368,
  title  = {Bulk superconductivity and disorder in single crystals of LaFePO},
  author = {James G. Analytis and Jiun-Haw Chu and Ann S. Erickson and Chris Kucharczyk and Alessandro Serafin and Antony Carrington and Catherine Cox and Susan M. Kauzlarich and Hakon Hope and I. R. Fisher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5368},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages, 11 figures